oh, and is it the sort of place you can walk around and get bits or do you need to phone up and ask to have parts removed?
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Last Weekend
... Oh, & last weekend my brother changed the clutch slave for me while I 'helped' / changed the front brake pads :D
For those who know the trials & tribulations I've been having since purchasing my ZT ... too short a time after Shiner replaced the master, I was struggling to select gears yet again :mad: Nothing to do with Andy's work, it turns out the previous owner had replaced the clutch as he'd said - a plate with detached centre was in the boot when bought so I'd taken him at his word but was having big doubts after it started having more clutch problems. Unfortunately though, he had fitted the new (we think, still looked a bit ropey for a couple of weeks old?) slave with the pipes off the original; so it seems it was letting air into the system. The bearing still looked pretty good but I figured it's not worth the risk of trying to swap back, seal & re-use. Seems metal bodied slaves are still not available :(. Luckily my brother is a mechanic for an independent Land Rover garage so he got me a genuine Land Rover Td4 Freelander unit - identical except for the pipes but not exactly cheap. Interestingly, his place had to re-do a series of clutch slave jobs when they used Borg & Beck parts for a while. I know these are recommended here abouts but they have switched back to fitting OEM Land Rover. Could that be a bad batch or something about their use in a heavier vehicle I wonder? Anyway, after a bit of repositioning of solid feeder pipe, at least the Freelander part is straightforward to fit - already filled, didn't even need bleeding. So far, so good... Below (L to R) are: recently removed slave & ropey looking 'original' (was in boot when I bought car) - note shiny solid pipes though! http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...f9b47bdeb0.jpg Sitting in Land Rover parts box - not sure if details will be readable: Part No UUB000070 |
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Not too bad compared to my time & effort on slightly over-tightened wheel nuts but they would have forced them off as there were no 'keys' inside - I had to go back on a second day with mine as I went in the Land Rover. But doing it myself meant I got to keep bolts & take my pick of the best centre covers by 'harvesting' a ZS too :D Plus I'm tight! |
Got my new upper arm delivered from roverlink and some door card clips so now hopefully it will be a successful roubd 2 at mot then will be much nicer to be inside by the weekend :)
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Completely agree with the last sentiments too. Oh, & all the 'do not climb' signs are repeated in Polish around here! |
Did nothing with the R75 - it's been under wraps the past few days... :D
But I did Clean and Play a bit with the Ol' Smart.....;) http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/...1.jpg~original http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/...f.jpg~original http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/...3.jpg~original http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/...4.jpg~original http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/...c.jpg~original http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/...d.jpg~original :D :D :D |
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Do you post it through the letter box at night? :laughing2: |
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Just watch out for cracked exhaust manifolds (possibly there only fault). MPG is awesome :D |
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